Glycine receptor



  The glycine receptor, or GlyR, is the glycine. It is one of the most widely distributed inhibitory receptors in the central nervous system.

Activation and inactivation

The receptor can be activated by a range of simple strychnine.[1]

Arrangement of subunits

Strychnine-sensitive glycine receptors are members of a family of transmembrane segments.[2]

There are presently four known isoforms of the α-subunit (α1-4) of GlyR that are essential to bind ligands (GLRA1, GLRA2, GLRA3, GLRA4) and a single β-subunit (GLRB).

The adult form of the GlyR is the heteromeric α1β receptor, which is believed to have a stoichiometry (proportion) of three α1 subunits and two β subunits [3] or four α1 subunits and one β subunit.[4] The α-subunits are also able to form functional homo-pharmacodynamics.[5]

Pathology

A mutation in GLRA1 is responsible for some cases of stiff person syndrome.[6]

Research

Quantum dots have been used to track the diffusion of glycine receptors into the synapse of neurons.[7]

References

  1. ^ Rajendra, S; Lynch JW, Schofield PR (1997). "The glycine receptor". Pharmacology and Therapeutics 73 (2): 121-146. PMID 9131721. Retrieved on 2007-01-16.
  2. ^ Miyazawa, A; Fujiyoshi Y, Unwin N (2003). "Structure and gating mechanism of the acetylcholine receptor pore". Nature 423 (6943): 949-955. PMID 12827192. Retrieved on 2007-01-16.
  3. ^ Kuhse, J; Laube B, Magalei D, Betz H (1993). "Assembly of the inhibitory glycine receptor: identification of amino acid sequence motifs governing subunit stoichiometry". Neuron 11 (6): 1049-1056. PMID 8274276. Retrieved on 2007-01-16.
  4. ^ a b Kuhse, J; Betz H, Kirsch J (1995). "The inhibitory glycine receptor: architecture, synaptic localization and molecular pathology of a postsynaptic ion-channel complex". Current Opinion in Neurobiology 5 (3): 318-323. PMID 7580154. Retrieved on 2007-01-16.
  5. ^ Lewis, TM; Schofield PR, McClellan AM (2003). "Kinetic determinants of agonist action at the recombinant human glycine receptor". Journal of Physiology 549 (Part 2): 361-374. PMID 12679369. Retrieved on 2007-01-16.
  6. ^ OMIM - STIFF-PERSON SYNDROME; SPS. Retrieved on 2007-06-20.
  7. ^ Dahan M, Lévi S, Luccardini C, Rostaing P, Riveau B, Triller A (2003). "Diffusion dynamics of glycine receptors revealed by single-quantum dot tracking". Science 302 (5644): 442–5. doi:10.1126/science.1088525. PMID 14564008.
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